1. Einstein@Home discovers a radio-quiet gamma-ray millisecond pulsar
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Clark, Colin J., Pletsch, Holger J., Aulbert, Carsten, Orienti, Monica, Orlando, Elena, Palatiello, Michele, Paliya, Vaidehi S., de Palma, Francesco, Paneque, David, Perkins, Jeremy S., Persic, Massimo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Porter, Troy A., Beer, Christian, Principe, Giacomo, Rainò, Silvia, Rando, Riccardo, Ray, Paul S., Razzano, Massimiliano, Reimer, Anita, Reimer, Olaf, Romani, Roger W., Saz Parkinson, Pablo M., Sgrò, Carmelo, Bock, Oliver, Siskind, Eric J., Smith, David A., Spada, Francesca, Spandre, Gloria, Spinelli, Paolo, Thayer, Jana B., Thompson, David J., Torres, Diego F., Troja, Eleonora, Vianello, Giacomo, Cuéllar, Andres, Wood, Kent, Wood, Matthew, Fermi-LAT Collaboration, Eggenstein, Heinz-Bernd, Fehrmann, Henning, Kramer, Michael, Kwang, Shawn A., Machenschalk, Bernd, Nieder, Lars, Wu, Jason, Ackermann, Markus, Ajello, Marco, Baldini, Luca, Ballet, Jean, Barbiellini, Guido, Bastieri, Denis, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bissaldi, Elisabetta, Blandford, Roger D., Bloom, Elliott D., Guillemot, Lucas, Bonino, Raffaella, Bottacini, Eugenio, Brandt, Terri J., Bregeon, Johan, Bruel, Philippe, Buehler, Rolf, Burnett, Toby H., Buson, Sara, Cameron, Rob A., Caputo, Regina, Kerr, Matthew, Caraveo, Patrizia A., Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Cecchi, Claudia, Charles, Eric, Chekhtman, Alexandre, Ciprini, Stefano, Cominsky, Lynn R., Costantin, Denise, Cutini, Sara, D'Ammando, Filippo, Johnson, Tyrel J., De Luca, Andrea, Desiante, Rachele, Di Venere, Leonardo, Di Mauro, Mattia, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Digel, Seth W., Favuzzi, Cecilia, Ferrara, Elizabeth C., Franckowiak, Anna, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Camilo, Fernando, Funk, Stefan, Fusco, Piergiorgio, Gargano, Fabio, Gasparrini, Dario, Giglietto, Nico, Giordano, Francesco, Giroletti, Marcello, Gomez-Vargas, Germán A., Green, David, Grenier, Isabelle A., Salvetti, David, Guiriec, Sylvain, Harding, Alice K., Hewitt, John W., Horan, Deirdre, Jóhannesson, Guðlaugur, Kensei, Shiki, Kuss, Michael, La Mura, Giovanni, Larsson, Stefan, Latronico, Luca, Allen, Bruce, Li, Jian, Longo, Francesco, Loparco, Francesco, Lovellette, Michael N., Lubrano, Pasquale, Magill, Jeffrey D., Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Mazziotta, Mario N., McEnery, Julie E., Anderson, David, Michelson, Peter F., Mirabal, Nestor, Mitthumsiri, Warit, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Monzani, Maria Elena, Morselli, Aldo, Moskalenko, Igor V., Nuss, Eric, Ohsugi, Takashi, Omodei, Nicola, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay (USN), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fermi-LAT, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ITA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en région Centre (OSUC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace ( LPC2E ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université d'Orléans ( UO ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ), Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay ( USN ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université d'Orléans ( UO ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire AIM, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier ( LUPM ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques ( UM2 ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM ), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet ( LLR ), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -École polytechnique ( X ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan ( CENBG ), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ), Science Institute (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland, Clark, Colin J., Pletsch, Holger J., Wu, Jason, Guillemot, Luca, Kerr, Matthew, Johnson, Tyrel J., Camilo, Fernando, Salvetti, David, Allen, Bruce, Anderson, David, Aulbert, Carsten, Beer, Christian, Bock, Oliver, Cuéllar, Andre, Eggenstein, Heinz-Bernd, Fehrmann, Henning, Kramer, Michael, Kwang, Shawn A., Machenschalk, Bernd, Nieder, Lar, Ackermann, Marku, Ajello, Marco, Baldini, Luca, Ballet, Jean, Barbiellini, Guido, Bastieri, Deni, Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bissaldi, Elisabetta, Blandford, Roger D., Bloom, Elliott D., Bonino, Raffaella, Bottacini, Eugenio, Brandt, Terri J., Bregeon, Johan, Bruel, Philippe, Buehler, Rolf, Burnett, Toby H., Buson, Sara, Cameron, Rob A., Caputo, Regina, Caraveo, Patrizia A., Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Cecchi, Claudia, Charles, Eric, Chekhtman, Alexandre, Ciprini, Stefano, Cominsky, Lynn R., Costantin, Denise, Cutini, Sara, D'Ammando, Filippo, De Luca, Andrea, Desiante, Rachele, Di Venere, Leonardo, Di Mauro, Mattia, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Digel, Seth W., Favuzzi, Cecilia, Ferrara, Elizabeth C., Franckowiak, Anna, Fukazawa, Yasushi, Funk, Stefan, Fusco, Piergiorgio, Gargano, Fabio, Gasparrini, Dario, Giglietto, Nico, Giordano, Francesco, Giroletti, Marcello, Gomez-Vargas, Germán A., Green, David, Grenier, Isabelle A., Guiriec, Sylvain, Harding, Alice K., Hewitt, John W., Horan, Deirdre, Jóhannesson, Guolaugur, Kensei, Shiki, Kuss, Michael, La Mura, Giovanni, Larsson, Stefan, Latronico, Luca, Li, Jian, Longo, Francesco, Loparco, Francesco, Lovellette, Michael N., Lubrano, Pasquale, Magill, Jeffrey D., Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Mazziotta, Mario N., Mcenery, Julie E., Michelson, Peter F., Mirabal, Nestor, Mitthumsiri, Warit, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Monzani, Maria Elena, Morselli, Aldo, Moskalenko, Igor V., Nuss, Eric, Ohsugi, Takashi, Omodei, Nicola, Orienti, Monica, Orlando, Elena, Palatiello, Michele, Paliya, Vaidehi S., De Palma, Francesco, Paneque, David, Perkins, Jeremy S., Persic, Massimo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Porter, Troy A., Principe, Giacomo, Rainò, Silvia, Rando, Riccardo, Ray, Paul S., Razzano, Massimiliano, Reimer, Anita, Reimer, Olaf, Romani, Roger W., Parkinson, Pablo M. Saz, Sgrò, Carmelo, Siskind, Eric J., Smith, David A., Spada, Francesca, Spandre, Gloria, Spinelli, Paolo, Thayer, Jana B., Thompson, David J., Torres, Diego F., Troja, Eleonora, Vianello, Giacomo, Wood, Kent, and Wood, Matthew
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Einstein@Home ,Gammageislar ,[ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Population ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Telescope ,Computer Science::Hardware Architecture ,Bulge ,Millisecond pulsar ,law ,0103 physical sciences ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,010306 general physics ,education ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Research Articles ,Physics ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,education.field_of_study ,Line-of-sight ,Multidisciplinary ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Nifteindastjörnur ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,SciAdv r-articles ,Computer Science::Computers and Society ,Stjörnusjónaukar ,Neutron star ,ddc:500 ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ,Research Article - Abstract
Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are old neutron stars that spin hundreds of times per second and appear to pulsate as their emission beams cross our line of sight. To date, radio pulsations have been detected from all rotation-powered MSPs. In an attempt to discover radio-quiet gamma-ray MSPs, we used the aggregated power from the computers of tens of thousands of volunteers participating in the Einstein@Home distributed computing project to search for pulsations from unidentified gamma-ray sources in Fermi Large Area Telescope data. This survey discovered two isolated MSPs, one of which is the only known rotation-powered MSP to remain undetected in radio observations. These gamma-ray MSPs were discovered in completely blind searches without prior constraints from other observations, raising hopes for detecting MSPs from a predicted Galactic bulge population., This work was supported by the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through an Emmy Noether Research Grant [no. PL 710/1-1 (H.J.P.)], and NSF award 1104902. C.J.C. acknowledges support from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 715051; Spiders). W.M. was partially supported by the Thailand Research Fund (grants TRG5880173 and RTA5980003). M.R. was funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (contract no. FIRB-2012-RBFR12PM1F). Work at the Naval Research Laboratory is supported by NASA. The Parkes Observatory is part of the Australia Telescope, funded by the Commonwealth of Australia for operation as a National Facility managed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The Fermi LAT Collaboration acknowledges generous ongoing support from a number of agencies and institutes that have supported both the development and the operation of the LAT, as well as scientific data analysis. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy in the United States, the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules in France; the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Japan; and the K. A. Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, and the Swedish National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support for science analysis during the operations phase is gratefully acknowledged from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy and the Centre National d’Études Spatiales in France. This work performed in part under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
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